The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 24, 1917, Image 2
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DEMONSTRATION HllUFJi WIIX
WAfiK si \ n:-wn?i ( \>|.
v\u,\.
tannin* and Cnkcr Sound Notes of
Warning Again-1 Ixtruxugumv And
I rgv People ot Suite to Prepare Tor
I H?hl of Euturv t?y Saving.
Columbia. Nov. SO.?Every farmer
S 1
li South Carolina will be asked 0 help
go\ eminent win tin- war lr
planting more wheat und raising
more bor*.
a great stot* wiiie onnipnggg ie be
ducted by the demonstration forces
*nd Clemaon College in cooperation
with the State Council of Defence* was
launched yesterday at a nice mg at
the Jefferson Hotel which was ad
drcaeed by Governor Manning. D. it.
Co*.er. chairman or the council of de
teuee aid food administrator, und W.
I<ong. dim tor of the demonstru
i foruea.
Twen'y the farm demonstration
a :ente who have been ordered Of take
the fteki ore re proaoni at the oonrer*
ence to reeegVe mttrm tions.
h . C a i i?"!d of the I tohintbtu f.: rm
itan bank was present and ashed foi
suf port of the demonstration
,? nts. He * M>lained tbo prliutp!.
the f am loan bunk.
\n effort will I.? made to reach
Bareneff who will be asked to
a pledgo card to increase his
I nt tjereage. The registration will
through ?h> si-noon of the Stute.
vernor Manning and Mr. Coker
i'ded notes of warning concerning
pieseiit economic conditlone.
I ne?d i ??t s,(> iiow deeply Interest -
Id I am," and Governor Manning,
th personally and otllcially. in tin
? .k tb?t NOU do l fed that there
I no more Important work in this
il re of war than tbe work that you
are doing and are to do?it is an un- i
ling work: it is a work that ho* I
he kept up In season and out 01
? son. ' 1
? I >ur people are seeing more- pros- fi
: Ity than they have ever seen.
There never bus been a time In the <
history of this State when our people I
I as Much ready cash as they have \
?.v. and tt Is a matter to be deeply 1
01 : ?red thai along with that pros- t
parity thev are not realizing the sc- !
? jsness of what is to come. It doos >
I
?t tuke s man with much tngSHl to I
realise that this sort of situation can i
riot go on forever. We are jutit get
? ag into this war. which is going to |
eall for our resources in men In a wav f
-s-=- -
that feu now naHisc. I see In e\ >n
community J go to an?! every pla ?
get reports front that practically tnc
.name conditions exist?failure to real
?v ih.> necessity for saving for econ?
omy, for raising more food.
"With my own farms I have called
Dp eve; v s ngle person on Uloaa pla
and have* told the hi what the situa?
tion la 1 told them what is ahead ol
them because I believe that the gov
ernment is going to restrict the
amount of shipment of foodstuffs from
the West into the South. We hav-:
had notice enough.
"The campaign this year for Im*
creasing our food crops was a goo?
one ami brought n-sults. In talkhij
with gentlemen who have been ovtl
the state, they testify to the work
that you men have done. They havt
singled it out as a work that is sup?
plemental to the work of the council,
of defense. The county organizations,
It Is certain, brought results and wc
have a condition that otherwise would
not have existed. Hut we find lust
this situation: that they are spending
their money freely. There are com?
munities today where the crop 1?
gathered, where they have received
the money that is left over after the
debts are paid, anl already they are
miking about borowtng money! i tell
my tenants and hands on my plaeos
that it is not going to lie simply a
uuestion of money. It may be that
Sven those who keep their money will
not be able t<? get the supplies which
will be needed,
"Governor whitman of New York
Hated le me I few weeks ago thai In
th<- executive mansion in Albany they
were restricted to one pound of sugar
a week. It is going to take a per
sona I drive to the people to make
? hem raaltOS really what Is the dan?
ger ahead of them, and if they fall
to heed the warning, they can not
complain if when the spring comes,
they can not get supplies from th<
sources Ussy usually obtain them
from,
? 1 feel that every individual In
south Carolina should be impressed
with these conditions and that if they
fail to act I believe they will be as
iterOlU t in their duty as those who
rail to respond by going to the front
vhen their country calls them. Tou
'eel satisfied that if there is anything
hat I as governor, or that I us an
ndi vldua |. can do to aid in this work
*ou will have my hearty cooperation '
ind assistance to the full extent of I
ny powers."
1 have gotten out a letter to the
hairmen of the council of de
ensc in oach county." said Mr. Coker,
Bone Valley
BRAND
31*, Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed.
bonk valley phosphate when phop
?p.l> vHtui will oreatly increase the
r*I*Ol>UCT10N of farm PRODUCTS, phoji?
PltATE \! ? ,i: in mot a COMPLETE fkid
T1 .''/.'..: it DOE* NOT contain ammonia
? 11 l"l \ h. hct IT dom c??nt\i\ a MIOM
i or phosphoric acm). WHICH
is oni. ok Till: THREE essential PtiANT
poods it simm i.i) |1K used in connec
\ with PA I m ET hi NO that WtLL supply
ammonia AND potash. cover ohofs Or
et i.cans soy ukans, cowpbas, clqv
br OH any Or the kk< uminois crops
plowed into the son. will supply A
PA KTICI1 ST AMOUn't OP ammonia am) POT
I Ifl i TfU absence: Of* cover chops, use
QOTTON SEED meal takjcaqe or stable
MA SI i?: 1 >N Mick I*and oh lands well
i 1 |E1 WITH hi Mi's (decaying organic matter)
phosphate tLONfl IS ?SUPPIC1HNT.
. I \ AJS CHAOE CIU >F i ?f velvet DEANS WILL
SUPPLY PER ACRE APPROXIMATELY IM
pUl'nds OF ammonia and BO POUNDS OP
pfrTAHH THIS IS EQUAL TO MOKE POTASH
Ml) NT: A III I r'Ol'll times AH MCCI1 ammonia
i < -I PPLIED in a Ton in' COMMERCIAL
I? )H Ml.'DAK
IM
a
IS
|SI
a
UCK (1017 J
chop or
worth in
0(1 AND IN
TOTAL Or
i r i lizkh ? >f THE csr w.
< ? -\, Mi .NLN known as |?1 2.
vi THE present market
OF PERTILlBHW material.
VELVET BSVtNS plowkb IN
JN i ru< <; bn appw ?n i matblt
htm ai? ?it * i i.'hi i ?k
? . i\ inckkaskd i R i tTTLTT f. d k TO THE
)WINC i tfDKR OF a CROP OF THESE
I KAN TO SAY NOTHING of Till: VALUE OF
MUS ADDED to THE LAND, BUT AM
P i \HH I.? INK IN n< >T a COM?
I RRTILIBER. PHOSPHORUS OR PHOB?
IC I'D, AH IT i COMMONLY Known,
K.NTIALTO PLANT utk this ELEMENT
i \n UK SI PPURD FllOW a Nl'MKKi: OF
Orn 'EH; A TON OF II PER i'i'NT ACID
?HATK WILL SUPPLY ISO p'M'N'ds ok
PftOSPllOftlC ??Cin COST OF APPKOXl
,i CTELY si. a To.\ OP 14 PER DENT monk
?>(r\k Wll.i. si PPLY III POUNDS OK PHOS?
PHORIC ACID and at a COST OK APPROXI?
MATELY" M?.?a a TON OF BONE VALLEY
i IBWHATV WILL SUPPLY 141 POUNDS OK
PHOSPHORIC IC1D \'i a cost OF * J ?;.*??? DE?
LIVERED.
TUI HI
wmn'l a
FLETK
nn ?IM?
\\ kl l K FOR l.l fKRATURK
Harby & Co., Inc.,
Distributors I'nr Eh stern South Carolina.
SUMTER,
S. C,
j'Helling them about this drive sucf)
tasking eo< h oao to hoU n meeting 0/
? the council ami put the whole power
of the bounty councils or defence all
lover the Slate behind you.
( "I would tern: what is going on in
this State now as ;ln orgy of money
; Spending, I believe a great many of
. the people are simply drunk with
f money, and the most ridiculous and
. outrageous things are going on among
? many of our people.
I { "I want to stress the great import
? ance of enlisting the cooperation of
I bankers in different counties in this
movement. If you leave a county hav
j ing done nothing at all except to en
, list three or four bankers, thoroughly
. wake them up to the situation, and
. leave them thoroughly impressed with
, the tremendous danger that faces us
and their great opportunity at this
, time for safeguarding their own busi?
ness and improving the conditions of
, their county permanently; you have
? done a great deal. I think that next
. spring, it will frequently happen that
, a man will go to his banker for a
,; larger loan than he has customarily
. asked for. The banker will ask him
I what has become of the large surplus!
. above debts that was made this year,
, and when he finds that there is notli
; ing to show for it the banker, if he
is a sensible man. will probably re
; fuse that man credit. The merchant !
is in practically the same position. 1 j
1' have talked with my two credit men
and have urged them to get things lit ]
?hnni for the coming problem and j
not to advance to these men who have
wanted money with which they ought
1 to run. I ^hink a man who throws
??way his money now has show/.
jauch poor business judgment that he
will not be entitled to be regarded as
a good credit risk.
! "If it had not been for the conser-'
vat Ion and production drives that:
were made all over the United States
t \
last spring the country would be in j
a much worse position than it is. 1
think the drive made In South Caro
lir.a was as successful as it was in any
State of the Union, and that you men j
J are very largely responsible for it. If'
we do not continue along the same j
j lines. |f our people forget in then ]
; temporary prosperity that the good ^
feature* of the present situation ar; j
orgely due to their having taken th?
advice of the federal food administra?
tion and the'council of defense ano
the agents of your department?why
we simply have only put off the evjl
hay. *
"I do not know that any of us ful
ly realize the value of the food ad?
ministration so far, but I want to toll
vou that Dr. Long and I have been if
Washington recently and we bot*?
realize there would have been a much
more serious situation over the coun?
try if it had not been for the food ad
ministration. They have had meet?
ings with the leaders of the food in
dustries in the country and have got
ten their cooperation and the prices
of many products- are being held
down today by voluntary cooperation
with the administration. The sugar
situation, while very bad, is being
remedied and the people of the State
are getting sugar at a very much
lower price than they would if the
food administration had not acted
Sugar should not be sold at retail at
over 10 1-2 cents a pound; ten cents
is a plenty for it.
The farmer should plan his bus!
ness nowd'or the duration of the war
Our people are cotton-mail, as you ail
know, but that suggestion of Gover?
nor Manning*! that money may not
do them very much good if there 1*
no food to buy, is a very line one in
dead.
"If the food Is not in the Pountry
somebody is going to suffer, no matter
how much cotton there is or how
much money. I did not realize quite
how bad the situation was until right
recently when I planned out my ro?
tations for the coming year; and 1
have just given orders t<? increase our
food acreage 2T> acres on each of our
two principal farms. 1 bad already
arranged to put the third farm in rye.
"I think a good deal Is going to de?
pend on the impression that you
make upon the teachers over the
State. Urge Upon them the responsi?
bility that rente upon them in thei;
community. The handling of thi?
whole situation rests very largely up?
on the leaders of the country. It will
be a comparatively hopeless propo?
sition to w;ike lip the people gen?
erally unless the leaders all over th?
I State realise their duty and their re*
I ?ponelbtlitq,
I coke PItlCEB fixed.
II I'nel Administration Announces
Schedule of Prions.
( Washington, Nov. SO.-?Basle prices
of by-product coke have been fixed by
the fuel administration. Run ?>f
ovens. $6; selected foundry, 17:
j crushed, over one Inch else, 16.60 The
prices of beehive coke have already
been announced.
I mm.
London. Nov. 19, Five German
submarines wer?? destroyed on Satur?
day, Premier Lloyd tieorge made inh
JI announcement today In the bouse of
- commons.
, MST or ? AST \| .TIES.
\ ? I
j l Viiituumler of i itltcd states Forte?
in (Vance Report? Deaths in Army I
at Front.
Washington, Nov. ig Gemen
'Pershing h?s reported to the war de
partment that two men were killed
in action on November 1:5. Three were
severely wounded ami three slightly
J wounded.
I The casualties are:
! Killed: j
' Sergt. John F. Cinjka; father. AI
bert Cza.ika. Milwaukee, Wie.
! . Private Stanley Janovhz; sister So?
phia Giebutovicz, Fast Boeton, Mass.
Severely wounded:
Private Barle E. Aurand: mother, j
Emma Aurand, Harrisburg. Pa.
Private Francis Blevins; father,
llaek Blevins, Eck ma 11, W. Va.
Private Edward F. Cahill; mother,;
Bridget Cahill, Bakerton, Pa.
! Slightly wounded,
j Sergt. John A. Logun; father,
[Charles Logan, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Private Chester Johnson; father
Samuel Johnson. Forest Hill. La.
Private Robert I... Heid; mother, t
I Mrs. Elizabeth fJeid, Burneyville
Okie. i
j General Pershing also reported that '
Corporal Samuel Parrott. marine
corps, died November ltl from natur?
al causes His mother, Mrs. I* B.
Bynum. lives at 202 Pollock Street,
New Bern, N. C.
Private Valentine 11. Newton, head?
quarters company, marine corps., died j
November 13, from self-inflicted gun- |
shot wound; mother, Mrs. Margaret^
Newton. Arkville. N. Y.
Sergt. George E. Merkle. Signal
Corps, was accidentally killed Novem?
ber 17. His wife lives in Philadol
phi a.
Private Bex E. Blaokwood. in?
fantry, died" November 9 of natural
causes. Iiis father is E. M. Blackwood
of West Pembroke. Maine.
RIOTING IN JBERLIN.
An Amsterdam Dispatch Tells of
Bloody lighting Between Mob and
Police. v
London. Nov. 2<>.?Serious rioting
took place in Berlin last Sunday, ac?
cording to dispatches received from
Amsterdam. It is said there was tierce
t ?' \ t
lighting between the mob and police.
There was a heavy casualty list, as
4he police used firearms.
GERMANS ATTACK IX NORTH.
Italian Headquarters, Northern
Italy, Monday, Nov. 10.?The enemy
Is concentrating his attack on the
north, and heavy lighting is progress
ing south of Quero, where the Teu?
tons are attacking the Italian po?
sitions at Monte Tenara and Monte
Tomba. _ , H
ITALIAN ATTACK KEPFI.8EI).
Berlin, Nov. 20.?Strong Italian
counter attacks- against positions cap?
tured in the Northern slope of Monte
Tomba were unsuccessful, the war of?
fice announces. Heavy firing con?
tinues in this sector.
GFHMAXS MOVING TROOPS.
Copenhagen. Nov. 2".?Reports
from several sources in German)
bear out the a^-suinption that tie
Germans are taking advantage of tht
situation in Russia to transfer man:
troops from the Russian front. Only
part of these appear to be going t
Italy, it is stated.
GFHMAXS DRIVEN BACK.
Rome. Nov. 2a.?It was officially
announced today that the Teutonic
Ivadera were driven back four times
when they attempted to take Italian
positions Monte Momfener spur. A
bitter struggle continues.
Washington, Nov. 20.?The sinkin-'
of the American destroyer Chauncey
in a collision'in the war zone early
yesterday VWh the probable loss of
twenty-one lives was announced to
day by the navy department. Nc
further details were given in the brief
report from Admiral Sims. The
Chauncey was an old type boat of onlv
four hundred and twenty-live tons.
Helsingfors. Nov. 20.?The general
strike which has been in progress in
Finland for several days will be end
od tomorrow. A socialist governmen
Of twelve persons has Dceift formed i
an effort to overcome the food short?
age. The Red Guard will remain un
der arms until all the demands of the
workmen have been satisfied.
I London, Nov. 20.?A Madrid die?
i patch says the Spanish government
Ibas issued a special warning that
Spain would regard any flight o
?American airplanes- over her territory
las a violation of neutrality, and would
I Instruct the military to Uro upon such
airplanes.
Washington, Nov. 20.?A fire of uii
known origin last night destroyed u
large quantity of powder at the naval
powder factory at Indian Head, Mary
land. <>ne unidentified man <s Known
to have been klled, An Investlgatfoi
is bslng made.
Midi WHEAT IX LATHENS.
$:i:>,onri one U ND RAISED.
Laurene, Nov. im.?it
lleved Huh the formen
county \\<ll sow a Larnei
Believed Tlmi Avrempt This Year Will | Will PravfcJe C?rc ami I"onil' tl bar
be Larger Than for Any iteecm jpiMlgra.
Year. _._
Now Tori' No'. 1H.?The war funi
iv now be-j0f |35,000,000, with which the V. |fl
of Laurena (; A will i rovldo cat* nnd comfort
h iesige toifor the soldiers and sailors of Amer
wheut than in recent year* As a ttim-|tc* and be* allies, has been raised, It
uluff to this every encouratemcm | was announ. ed here tonight by <leo.
possible Is being given through dlf-|W. Perkins chairman of the ttaaaaa
ferent Bgeucie* At u recent meeting committee o the War Work Council.
t?: the Chamber ?>t Commerce a roao-_
lutloti wan adopted urging the farm., Buenoa A ?es, nva. -(..-The etrlke
eis of Lauron? county to IneYeaae of railway men on'the Western State
their grain production, especially that'rallwayi hai bean settled.
of wheat, to the limit of their abil- _
Ity during the coming season, u was In the Bahamas the Iran las?
also urged that all landowners resld- guage is spoken by many of the no
Ing In town sow grain in order that groes. who ire mixed descendant of
the Production of flour for hone use, the Hibernian patriots banished long
pioy be materially increased. !Rgo by Crcmwell to the West Indl*?.
^ Ihe National fiank fif South Carolina
OfSumter
Depository for nhe National, State,
County and City Government, also for
The Public.
Not the Younger it or Oldest but the
LARGEST ? Resources more than
$1 b00,000.00.
YOUR ACCOUNT - WE WANT IT
C G. ROWLAND.
I retident.
r. E. HINNANT
Cashier
The Bank
Accommodating
Service Counts
May we add your name
to our list of customers?
The National Bank
of Sumter.
J. P. Booth/Pres. D. D. Moise. Vice Pres
W. J. Crcwson, Jr.. Cashier.
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The Bank. I
You will ?ventually Bank with
The First National Bank
of Sumter.
CAilTAL $100,0(0.0t>
SaipluH an?! Profits (earned) $160,000
NEILL ( ''DONNELL, President.
O. L. YATES, Cashier.
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